Your holiday gift guide

37 favorite cookbook gifts

These beautiful, well-tested, inspiring cookbooks by Western authors make wonderful presents on their own, but we’ve gone a step further. Each is paired with a related ingredient or tool, making an extra-thoughtful package

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For the pairings pursuer

In Cheese & Beer, veteran cookbook author and San Francisco Chronicle cheese columnist Janet Fletcher taps two delightful trends—the surge in craft beer and the steady swell of great artisanal cheese—and unites them. You’ll learn fundamentals of pairing but also get an overview of major beer styles and a primer on storing and serving both beer and cheese.

Gift to go with: A pairing from the book, naturally; one of our favorites: Alaskan Amber Ale and Beecher’s Flagship Reserve